As soon as the gunfire rang out, Jiang Xinyu immediately sat up from the bed. He knew something must have happened, and there shouldn't have been gunshots.
"Ring ring ring ring ring!" The bedside phone rang.
"Hello?"
On the other end of the phone was Hattori Hikoo's voice: "The military police prison inmate has escaped. Hurry up and bring the detective team over to join the search!"
"yes!"
Jiang Xinyu was lying down with his clothes on. He put on his coat, took out a pistol from the drawer and stuck it on his waist. He picked up the phone and dialed the number of the detective team: "Detective team? This is Jiang Xinyu. Notify everyone to rush to the military police immediately.
Team!"
Although he has not officially taken office, everyone in the detective team knows that Jiang Xinyu is the new captain, and his orders are absolutely effective.
When Hattori Hikoo arrived at the military police unit, the head-on firefight had ended. Six guerrillas had been killed, three military policemen had been killed, and four or five others were injured. The bullet-riddled car was parked diagonally at the door of the health room.
Seeing a group of military policemen surrounding the study door from a distance, Hattori Hikoo walked over and said, "What's going on here?"
"Report to Major, the fugitives hid in the study, and five fugitives were beaten to death." Miyamoto hurriedly came to greet him and bowed.
Hattori Hikoo stepped into the study. Lying on the floor were three men wearing Japanese military uniforms, as well as several prisoners in the prison. They had all been shot dead. The bookcases on the wall were full of bullet holes.
Miyamoto followed behind and explained: "These three people are all people who came to rob the prison. They pretended to be the imperial army and somehow got into the military police."
"Just these people?"
"... A total of twenty-one prisoners escaped. They probably escaped from other places. I have sent people to search for them."
"Escape from other places?" Hattori Hikoo walked among the corpses and said: "The military police compound wall is not only high, but also pulls the electric grid. It is impossible for them to escape!"
"Then what do you mean..."
Hattori Hikoo looked at the messy footprints on the ground and said, "These people must be hiding in the study!"
Miyamoto said doubtfully: "But..."
Hattori Hikoo interrupted him and said, "When did you find the fugitive hiding in the study?"
"At that time, the fugitive shot and killed a soldier, and then I ordered the area to be surrounded. Later, I felt something was not right, so I ordered the attack."
"You didn't attack in the first place?"
"……yes."
"Why?"
"The main reason is that bullets will destroy your study..."
Hattori Hikoo scolded sternly: "Asshole! Is it more important to have a study room or to catch a fugitive?"
"...I thought the fugitives were hiding inside and unable to escape, so I didn't order a strong attack." Miyamoto defended carefully.
"Have you searched other places?"
"I've searched them all."
Hattori Hikoo thought for a moment and then ordered: "Remove everything in the study and conduct a thorough spot check!"
"yes!"
Hattori Hikoo came to the prison and conducted a rough inspection. Almost all the most important prisoners escaped. He was furious. This kind of thing had never happened in the military police forces everywhere. It was a great shame!
Back at the door of the study, the body had been carried out. The tables, chairs, vases, and even the calligraphy and paintings on the wall had been moved outside the door. The bookcase was integrated with the wall and could not be moved except by demolishing it.
All the books inside have been moved out, and now there is only an empty bookcase left.
Hattori Hikoo walked over, knelt down and looked inside the bookcase. A military policeman handed over a flashlight. Hattori Hikoo used the light and quickly discovered the difference.
All the inner walls are smooth, except for the one on the right that is pitted. If you look carefully, you can see that there are gaps around it. This is a movable inner wall.
He stretched out his hand and touched it, and tried to press it hard. He only heard a "click!" sound, which was the sound of the lock spring.
Hattori Hikoo stood up, pushed the bookcase, and immediately felt something different. He pushed it harder, and the bookcase slowly opened like a door.
Jiang Xinyu had already arrived at this time. He glanced at the tables and chairs piled on the ground outside the door and knew that the secret of the tunnel might not be hidden from Hattori Hikoo, and those corpses were even more shocking.
Seeing the secret door behind the cabinet door, Miyamoto was sweating even on a cold winter night. If he had given the order to attack earlier, he might have been able to capture or kill all the fugitives.
The current situation is obvious. The people who were killed realized that there was no time, so they simply closed the secret door and risked their lives to cover the escape of more people.
Hattori Hikoo's face was as dark as water and he ordered: "Get down and see what's going on inside!"
Two military policemen entered the secret door with flashlights and came back after a while to report: "Major, there is a tunnel inside."
Without waiting for Hattori Hikoo's order, Second Lieutenant Miyamoto was the first to get in, and in a mood of atonement, his soldiers followed him in and chased him down the tunnel.
Jiang Xinyu pretended to be surprised and said: "I can't believe that there is a tunnel in the study. It's so incredible!"
Hattori Hikoo sighed and said, "It was my fault for not checking thoroughly at the beginning."
Jiang Xinyu comforted him: "I can't blame you. Who would have thought that a businessman's home would have a tunnel."
Hattori Hikoo was silent for a moment and said, "Are the people from the detective team here?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "Here we come, I have asked them to search from house to house nearby to arrest all suspicious persons."
Hattori Hikoo nodded and said: "Those three corpses wearing imperial army uniforms are the people who robbed the prison. We must strictly check their identities and find clues to investigate. I will leave this matter to you."
"yes!"
Jiang Xinyu felt really cold. He knew that Lao Qiu had sent four people. This kind of operation did not require many people. The four people were the backbone of the underground party operatives. Unexpectedly, three of them were lost in one go.
"Major, what happened? How did these people get into the military police?"
"The initial judgment is that the rebels are cooperating inside and outside... However, this thing is strange. I asked just now. If there were no shooting outside, these people could have easily escaped without any losses." Hattori Hikoo said thoughtfully.
said.
Jiang Xinyu echoed: "Yeah, it's really strange. In that case, we still can't discover this tunnel..."
"Major, something happened!" A military policeman hurried over.
Now when I hear these words, Hattori Hikoo's head hurts. Enough things happened this night, what happened again!
"Why are you panicking! What happened?" In front of his subordinates, Hattori Hikoo still had to look calm.
"Kako Nakamura escaped, and he asked to see you!"
"What?"
"You'd better go and see for yourself, he's right outside."
Hattori Hikoo followed the soldiers to the front yard. The car riddled with holes was still parked at the door of the clinic, with more than a dozen military policemen surrounding it with guns drawn.
Kako Nakamura was sitting in the car, repeating a sentence: "I was wronged, call Hattori Hikoo and ask him to restore my innocence!"
Hattori Hikoo stood on the steps and said, "How did he get out?"
Captain Suzuki was responsible for guarding Kako Nakamura. He stepped forward and said: "Report to the Major, we were searching for fugitives just now, and Nakamura took the opportunity to open the door of the solitary room and escape."
"Who gave him the key?"
"It's Yamamoto. He used to be Nakamura's subordinate. He has been arrested..."
Hattori Hikoo waved his hand and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Arrest Nakamura immediately and send him directly to prison!"
Before Suzuki could speak, Nakamura Kako over there had already seen Hattori Hikoo. He sneered and said: "Major, if you want the military police to be blown into rubble, come and arrest me!"
Seeing Nakamura Kako's confident look, Hattori Hikoo said to Suzuki: "What's going on?"
Suzuki whispered: "Major, you'd better stand farther away, there is a bundle of cluster grenades in the car..."
Hattori Hikoo was surprised and said: "Where did the cluster grenade come from?"
"It was originally a bomb used by the rebels to attack the imperial army, but it malfunctioned and did not explode. We didn't have time to take it down..."
Kako Nakamura had no intention of escaping. He was a simple-minded person who believed that as long as Sun Shiming admitted that he framed him, he could be cleared of his crimes.
So after he came out of the solitary room, he went straight to the health room and found two soldiers inside. He knew that he could not get close to Sun Shiming, and happened to see the car.
The reason why the cluster grenade did not explode was because the fuse was left too long and caught on the serrations of the car key. The camel pulled hard and the fuse broke in two pieces and was severed by the key.
Kako Nakamura was an officer with formal training, so he naturally knew the power of this weapon. This guy got crazy and kept doing nothing, preparing to threaten Hattori Hikoo with a cluster grenade.
Jiang Xinyu stood in the doorway and watched from a distance. He did not want to become the burial object of this crazy guy without knowing it. If Nakamura really pulled the fuse, at least he would not be affected.
Hattori Hikoo said calmly: "Nakamura, your matter is still under investigation, you'd better calm down..."
Nakamura Kako sneered: "Calm down? Do you think I am a three-year-old child? You are determined to convict me of being a spy to get rid of your worries. Am I right?"
Hattori Hikoo whispered to Suzuki: "Prepare the sniper!"
Kako Nakamura wrapped the fuse around his finger and said with a ferocious smile: "Major Hattori, if you let someone shoot me, I guarantee that I will pull this thing before I die, so that no one can survive!"
"What do you want?" Hattori Hikoo waved his hand to the surrounding soldiers to retreat.
"Bring Sun Shiming here, I want him to admit face to face that he is setting me up!"
Hattori Hikoo knew that he could not anger him at this moment, so he ordered: "Bring Sun Shiming out!"
Jiang Xinyu was shocked, walked over with a pistol, and said to Hattori Hikoo: "Major, do you want me to shoot him?"
Hattori Hikoo shook his head and said: No, if he misses, he will set off the bomb as long as he still has breath...